Friday, October 03, 2008 Movies at Gmall this week
FIVE new movies, lead by hit superhero flick "Hellboy 2" and Juday Ann Santos-starrer "Kulam", opened on Wednesday at the theaters of Gaisano Mall of Davao.
Horror "Grave Dancers", spoof comedy "Disaster Movie", and indie drama "Ay Ayeng" also opened on the same day.
Extended is the assassination thriller "Bangkok Dangerous".
"Kulam"
Mira (Judy Ann) is a recent survivor of a car accident that has partly affected her memory, and her grip on reality as well. Mira tries to regain bits and pieces of her life with her husband Paul (Dennis Triollo) and blind daughter Sophie (Sharlene San pedro). Meanwhile, Dave (TKJ Trinidad), Mira's business associate with whom she has an illicit romance, convinces her to leave her husband, as what she has planned to do before the car accident.
But what drives Mira to further confusion are the strange things that start to occur in her home. As a malevolent presence threatens to destroy her marriage to Paul and her relationship with Sophie, Mira is forced to confront her past and discover her true calling.
"Hellboy II: The Golden Army"
The adventures of demon superhero Hellboy (Ron Perlman) continues in this sequel. In the mythical world, elf Prince Nuada (Luke Goss) disgusts the human race for its selfishness, so he intends to break an ancient pact between the humans and creatures by releasing and controlling The Golden Army, a deadly group of fighting machines that maintain the capability of destroying the human race. Hell on Earth is ready to erupt. With this newfound threat, Hellboy and his crew will need to defeat Prince Nuada before The Golden Army can destroy humanity's existence.
"Grave Dancers"
After the funeral of an old friend who died in a car accident, former school friends Harris, Kira, and Sid break into the local cemetery after dark to visit the friend's grave, and after Sid reads a mysterious incantation he finds on one of the nearby tombstones, they dance on the graves. Soon, the three of them find themselves haunted by three different ghosts whose graves they desecrated.
Harris and his wife Allison find themselves haunted by a deranged female pianist/ax murdered. Sid gets haunted by a child pyromaniac. Kira is haunted by a sadistic rapist.
All of them turn to a paranormal investigator named Vincent Cochet and his assistant Frances to try to help them break the curse they imposed on themselves before the next full moon when they will be killed by the ghosts' wrath.
"Ay Ayeng"
Ayeng (Heart Evangelista), a mountain maiden, wants to spread education to solve the socio-economic problems of the natives but the intervention and suppression of the military get in the way. Ayeng is also vehemently discouraged by her tribeswomen from pursuing the formal schooling of their children because of long-standing beliefs and traditions. From the wilderness to city life, the tribal maiden wades her way against all odds to follow her dream: to be a teacher in order to teach the poor children back home. Inspired by the life of a tribal leader during the Marcos dictatorship who fought against the destruction of Chico Dam, the movie is adapted from the novel "Maestra Ester."
"Disaster Movie"
The filmmaking team behind the hit spoofs "Scary Movie," "Date Movie," "Epic Movie" and "Meet The Spartans" puts its unique, inimitable stamp on one of the biggest and most bloated movie genres of all time -- the disaster film.
The movie follows the comic misadventures of a group of ridiculously attractive 20-somethings during one fateful night as they try to make their way to safety while every known natural disaster and catastrophic event -- asteroids, twisters, earthquakes, the works -- hits the city and their path as they try to solve a series of mysteries to end the rampant destruction.
Taking aim at everything and everyone, from "Indiana Jones" and "Iron Man" to Amy Winehouse and "High School Musical," Disaster Movie lampoons the blockbuster movie, pop culture icons and public figures along the way.
